Hi Rich,
If you’re not using a recovery catalog, you should ensure the
control_file_record_keep_time is large enough to contain all your backup
records. I notice that retention policy is set to 1 day but if you have a large
database this may still exceed the control_file_record_keep_time.
Unfortunately this requires a db restart.
As a test, try cataloging these backups - do they get cataloged or are you
getting an error?
Cheers,
Leng.
On 26 Mar 2020, at 8:50 am, Rich J <rich242j@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey all,
In 19.6 on OL7.7, I have RMAN's retention policy set to 1 day. I run weekly
incremental level-0 backups, a daily incremental level-1, and archived logs
every 15 minutes. I'm not using a catalog (just controlfile). No data guard
or other replication (yet). Single destination for archive logs.
Upon noticing that the FRA is getting more full without a lot of data being
added, I see that multiple databases with same setup as above appear to have
orphaned files. These are backup files that RMAN no longer has cataloged,
but has not deleted them from the OS. I also have one database whose
obsolete backups appear to be deleted correctly. The one that's deleted
correctly only has archive log backups every hour (not sure why that would
matter). FRA size is set to 10x the amount of space currently in use (these
are future production instances).
I've seen this happen occasionally in the past, which makes me think I have
something setup incorrectly. But I'm having difficulty determining what that
might be since at least one of the database is deleting correctly.
Thoughts on how to troubleshoot this?
Thanks,
Rich